Bulbophyllum cambodianum (Christenson) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel

 Bulbophyllum cambodianum (Christenson) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel, Phytotaxa 166(2): 110 (2014).

Bulbophyllum cambodianum (Christenson) J.J.Verm., Photo by Rudi Heinrich

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Trias cambodiana Christenson

Trias nummularia Aver. & Averyanova

Vietnamese name: 

Lọng campuchia

English Name:

The Cambodian Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

Growing epiphyte with clustered globose pseudobulbs and an apical, single, elliptic, obtuse, leathery, blue green leaf and blooms on a basal, subsessile, to 1 cm long, single flowered.

Distribution:

Cambodia, Vietnam (Quảng Trị).

Ecological:

at elev. 1130 m a.s.l. Wet evergreen broadleaved forest on very steep mountain slopes composed with granite and sandstones. Creeping epiphyte. Flowers odorless, tepals pure dull light yellow outside, dull light yellow with brown spots inside, lip dull green with brown spots, column and anther dull light yellow. Rare?

Flowering times:

Blooms in the winter and spring.

Flower size:

1.3 x 1.7 cm

Cultivation:

Fertilizer: all year round

Water: always light wet

Light: half shade

Terrarium Suitability: high humidity

Temperature: intermediate, intermediate - warm, warm

Type:

HAL 4592 20 April 2004

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

currlin.com